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Noun: cache  kash
  1. A hidden storage space (for money, provisions or weapons)
     
  2. A secret store of valuables or money
    - hoard, stash
     
  3. (computing) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
    - memory cache
Verb: cache (cacheing, also caching)  kash
  1. Save up as for future use
    - hoard, stash, lay away, hive up, squirrel away [informal], sock away [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. (computer) store temporarily in memory or disk for quick re-use later
    "web pages are often cached for quick retrieval the next time they are needed"

Sounds like: cash

Derived forms: caching, caches, cached, cacheing

See also: repose

Type of: arsenal, buffer, buffer storage, buffer store, fund, lay aside, save, save up, stock, storage space, store

Encyclopedia: Cache, OK